Best Willem de Kooning Quotes
- In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts… All
- Not even for a million dollars would I paint a tree. Dollars
- An artist is someone who makes art... He didn't invent it... Art
- I see the canvas and I begin... It's a necessary evil to get into the work, and it's pretty marvelous to be able to get… Able
- Maybe in that earlier phase I was painting the woman in me. Art isn't a wholly masculine occupation, you know. Art
- If you're an artist, the problem is to make a picture work whether you are happy or not. Artist
- It's really absurd to make... a human image, with paint, today, when you think about it... But then all of a sudden, it was even… Absurd
- If I stretch my arms and wonder where my fingers are - that is all the space I need as a painter. All
- The idea of space is given to the artist to change if he can. The subject matter in the abstract is space. Abstract
- Watercolors is the first and the last thing an artist does. Artist
- The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that… Absurd
- Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns. Always Felt
- The past does not influence me; I influence it. Doe
- Content is a glimpse. Content
- The problem with property is that it takes so much of your time. Fame